Hockney's war on the dreary

I've written about David Hockney's anti-nanny state activism for Spiked . I had always hoped to meet him (he attended a few FOREST parties), but sadly I never will. The contrast between the playfulness of Hockney’s bouts of libertarian activism and the po-faced outrage he received in response only served to underline his point. After Hockney sent the Guardian a piece of art criticising…